Dict: smith - PURSE

PURSE - P>@ - a bag for money. The Hebrews, when on a journey, were provided with a bag, in which they carried their money, kjv@Genesis:42:35; kjv@Proverbs:1:14 kjv@Proverbs:7:20; kjv@Isaiah:46:6) and, if they were merchants, also their weights. (25:13; kjv@Micah:6:11) This bag is described in the New Testament by the terms balantion (bag) kjv@Luke:10:4 kjv@Luke:12:33 kjv@Luke:22:35 ,38) and glossokomon (originally the bag in which musicians carried the mouth-pieces of their Instruments). kjv@John:12:6 kjv@John:13:29) The girdle also served as a purse. kjv@Matthew:10:9; kjv@Mark:6:8) Ladies wore ornamental purses. kjv@Isaiah:3:24)